Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze".
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2007
- Committee actionJun 19, 2008
- Passed SenateSep 18, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2008 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 531.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 531, A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"” on July 11, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 19, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20060
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 531, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
955831e5f3dd77ce251f5216b51a80ecea6f420bdda3f767d71afb018112fe4a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 531, A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"” on July 11, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 19, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20060
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 531, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
955831e5f3dd77ce251f5216b51a80ecea6f420bdda3f767d71afb018112fe4a
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 110-462 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on September 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/462
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 531, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
955831e5f3dd77ce251f5216b51a80ecea6f420bdda3f767d71afb018112fe4a
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.